Gosselin: Who is a worse general manager than Jerry Jones? Here's my group of candidates

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Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones walks the sidelines before his teams game with the Cincinnati Bengals at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati, Sunday, December 9, 2012. The Cowboys lost practice player Jerry Brown Jr. to a car accident early Saturday morning.

Columnist Rick Gosselin answered questions in a chat on Monday. Here are some highlights.

Last week you said that Jerry was in the bottom three in general managers. Who's worse?

Look at the teams that struggle and you'll find teams that are firing their general managers -- Arizona, Carolina, Cleveland, Jacksonville, Kansas City, NY Jets, San Diego... You can lump Jerry in that group -- except the owner of the Cowboys will never fire him.

As long as Jerry Jones calls the shots on coaches and players, the Super Bowl just isn't going to happen; I think that's pretty much universally accepted. Why do home games and gold paved parking lots keep selling out?

Hope. There's always been an expectation that the Cowboys are supposed to win and each season there is that hope. Then come August Jerry starts chatting up the idea that the Cowboys can again contend for Super Bowls and an anxious fan base once again buys in. Then the Cowboys tease that fan base by playing for division titles on the final day of the season the last two years. The Cowboys were an average team that drew in excess of 90,000 each of the last three home games. Lots of hope in the air at Arlington, lots of hope...

Is Rob Ryan in New Orleans a good fit?

The Saints finished last in the NFL in defense, last against the run and 31st against the pass. Any fit, it seems, would be a good fit. The two Super Bowl teams played a 3-4 so Sean Payton is trying to copy what works in today's NFL. But you're only as good as your talent. Steve Spagnola, their former coordinator, is a good football coach. He has coordinated championship defenses. If the Saints don't improve the talent level on defense for Ryan, he will suffer the same fate as Spagnola. The Saints under Payton have been all about offense. It's time to repair the defense. Good players will make Ryan a good coach.